Table 4.

Relationship between the expression of Slug, Twist, Snail and E-cadherin and clinicopathological parameters in human bladder cancer

	Patients	Slug			Twist			Snail			E-cadherin
Variables	n	+	-	p	+	-	p	+	-	p	+	-	p
Sex				0.493			0.557			0.664			0.824
Male	87	56	31		37	50		13	74		65	22
Female	33	19	14		16	17		6	27		24	9
Age (years)				0.257			0.523			0.947			0.845
≤ 70	64	43	21		30	34		10	54		47	17
> 70	56	32	24		23	33		9	47		42	14
Stage				0.171			0.000			0.986			0.874
pTa, pT1	76	51	25		19	57		12	64		56	20
≥PT2	44	24	20		34	10		7	37		33	11
Grade				0.082			0.000			0.789			0.017
LG	41	30	11		8	33		7	34		25	16
HG	79	45	34		45	34		12	67		64	15
Nodal involvement				0.012			0.291			0.000			0.040
yes	18	16	2		10	8		13	5		17	1
no	102	59	43		43	59		6	96		72	30
Recurrence(n = 76)				0.483			0.242			0.931			0.719
yes	23	15	8		12	11		5	18		16	7
no	53	30	23		20	33		12	41		39	14
Progression A(n = 76)				0.124			0.021			1.000			1.000
yes	8	3	5		6	2		3	5		7	1
no	68	46	22		21	47		27	41		55	13
Progression B(n = 44)
yes	15
no	29
Death C(n = 44)				0.760			0.754			0.748			0.509
yes	17	9	8		11	6		5	12		13	4
no	27	16	11		15	12		10	17		17	10